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Management
Client Application
(IPCMonitor)
User Manual
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INDEX
1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 3
2 Computer Requirement.................................................................................................. 3
3 Installation ........................................................................................................................ 4
7 Group Management........................................................................................................ 9
10 System Setting.............................................................................................................. 13
12 Manage NVR.............................................................................................................. 15
14 Notifications ................................................................................................................ 17
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1 Introduction
IPCMonitor is a centralization management software provided by the manufacturer. It
provides the central control of monitoring, video capture, record, alarm detection, etc for
multiple IP cameras on LAN or WAN.
Before using this software, please ensure the devices can be access by web browsers
from LAN or WAN, please consult the user manual of the IP Camera to know the IP
Camera belongs to which series(support M/L/B/H/B1/Q series products). This article
provides a how-to on viewing the IP Camera's video by using this dedicated client
application.
2 Computer Requirement
Using IPCMonitor, your computer should meet the following configuration:
CPU: Dual-core CPU
RAM: 1GB or above
Hard disk: 160GB or above
OS: Windows XP or higher
Resolution of display: ≧1024x768
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3 Installation
4 Devices list
The following steps are required before using this application:
1) Plan and install the IP Camera(s) which intend to be monitored.
2) Login to the IP Camera(s) by web browser and set the IP address, port, username &
password, alarm setting, system time etc.
3) You need to do DDNS setting and port forwarding in the router when you intent to visit
the devices via WAN.
At first time use, please add IP camera in the devices list as Figure 2, click the icons below
it to perform the functions for add, edit, delete and video play.
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Click button in Figure 2, it will pop up a dialog box, and then you can enter
corresponding information, example of figure 3, click 'save' button to finish adding device
from LAN and WAN to this software, and also showed on the devices list.
Click button to search and add the devices in LAN. In pop-up window, you can
perform the steps as below.
Select the product series and click “Search”, the found devices will be listed.
Tick the checkbox on the device which want to be added, assign a name and set
the viewing username and password, example of Figure 4.
Click “OK” , then the device is put in the device list.
Select a device and then click button to modify the information of the device,
example of figure 3.
Select a device and right click on it, will pop up a menu, you can select the modify
device name to change device name.
Select a device and then click button to delete the device. If need to delete several
device simultaneously, you can use the Ctrl or Shift key and then click to select the
devices from devices list and delete them.
5 Device setting
Click ‘Device setting’ button, will pop up a dialog, you can set up basic parameters at
selecting window, example of figure 6.
Select a live video window and click ’get’ button, you can get device parameters, and then
you can set up these parameters and save them.
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Note: The device setting is different for different product series, and recommend not to
setting parameters frequently.
6 PTZ Control
Click “PTZ control” button can spread PTZ control interface, like as figure 7.
You will Set/Call the preset point; and click auto, the Pan/Tilt will cruise according to
the preset point; and click stop, the Pan/Tilt will stop cruise.
7 Group Management
Click ‘Group management’,pop up group management list, you can add and edit group,
and also play by group, play multiple group by cycle.
Select a group in group list, double click and then play all device in this group;
Don’t select some group, click button, it play each group by cycle;
Don’t select some group, click button, it stop to play all groups.
8 Schedule Record
Click ‘Schedule record’ can manage the scheduled recording for the devices.
2) Click ‘add plan’ , pop up ‘add plan’ dialog, you can set plan name, and then click
button can add the duration of record as figure 10,click ‘save‘ button to save them.
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4) Select a plan name and click button can change the recording plan parameters;
5) Select a plan name and click button can delete the recording plan.
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9 Alarm setting
Click ‘Alarm settings’ can manage alarm of device by the software.
Figure 13
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3) Selected plan name, and then tick the devices wanted to add to the plan, so the
devices will alarm by plan, example of figure 14;
Figure 14
4) Select a plan in alarm setting list and click can edit the plan and reset alarm
mode;
5) Select a plan in alarm setting list and click button can delete the plan.
Note: Before alarm setting, please make sure the ip camera’s configuration is
correct and it could detect the alarm. (refer to the ip camera user manual)
10 System Setting
Click button can set some parameters for the software, example of Figure 15.
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less than 500MB. For setting the storage location, click button and pop up a
dialog, you can set one or several recording location.
4) The other options can be set if you ticked:
Play all the devices when running this software or not;
Stretch video from all channels or not;
Prompt before shutting down this system or not.
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11 Recording playback
Click button, open the record player, you can enter the main location stored video
file, and also view corresponding video file by device name, the interface as Figure 16.
12 Manage NVR
Click button can launch the NVR player, for the detail information, please see the
NVR user manual by manufacturer.
Double click on a channel will stretch the video to full screen. And double click it again,
the video will shrink back to its original size.
Click and hold a channel can drag and drop it to another channel, in case the target
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channel is utilized, the two video channels will be swapped.
Click mouse right key on a channel, user can perform some operations like stop video,
stretch, etc from the pop-up menu.
Click the icons in the status bar for each channel, you can snapshot or record
manually. Due to different functions, every series product has its own icon content. It
display alarm icon when the device detected alarm; The button at right will become
red when recording.
It display alarm icon in device list when the device is alarming, example of
Figure 18;
The software supports three recording, alarm recording, schedule recording and
manual recording;
It indicates the device is recording when the recording status button become red;
User can click recording status button to run recording manually when the button
is green, the button become red when the device run recording; click it again,
stop recording; The device will stop recording after 1 hour if forgetting to stop
recording manually;
The device will run scheduled recording when scheduled recording and alarm
recording were triggered in same time duration;
The file name of alarm recording, manual recording and scheduled recording will be
named for A, M, S as prefix respectively, the start time stamp will be fill up the other
parts and end up with .avi (H series products’ suffix is .asf);
It creates automatically a new recording file each 1 hour at scheduled recording.
14 Notifications
1) Ensure that settings of the device are correct and can be access by web browsers.
2) Need administrator account to install the software in vista and windows 7 or above;
3) When performing centralization monitoring, if the running speed is slow and the
software is unstable, please open Windows Task Manager and check the percentage
of CPU usage, if it take more than 80%, maybe the CPU performance is not enough,
so the user can decrease resolution, or reduce monitoring devices.
4) Try to close the anti-virus software if the user can’t open the interface of video
playback and NVR management.